The big news locally is that we will gather to celebrate Christmas Eve on Friday, at 4 p.m., in the sanctuary and online (Zoom and YouTube). We will share some stories, some music, and a few reflections, ending as always in candlelight. Please be sure to read here about Christmas Eve safety and programming for the Sundays of the holiday season.

Rev. Michelle is available to provide pastoral coverage while Rev. Denise is away.

I hope you will read today’s Eblast and explore all the articles; congregational and community life is picking up and you have many options for connecting in the next few weeks.

On this day before Thanksgiving, I feel like I should be gathering my thoughts about all for which I am grateful, in preparation. (And if I were doing that, GNUUC would certainly be on my list!) What I am doing, however, is doing my best to be present to myself and those around me, rather than to my (perhaps a tad overlong) to-do list.

Wow, this month has been even more liminal (on the line between one place/time/reality and another) than November usually is!

Starting this Sunday, we will be slowly finding our way (both technically and socially) back to using our sanctuary for worship services. Upcoming services will continue to be available on Zoom (except for 5th Sundays, which we will spend working together on service projects), but will also be available to enjoy in-person in our garden and/or sanctuary. Different options will be available on different weeks, so please be sure to watch the Eblast, website, and other communication channels for reminders each week.

Sunday’s worship service will celebrate the possibilities found in good questions. We’ll have a classic story about questions and, instead of a sermon, a classic Unitarian Universalist favorite: The Question Box. You are invited to submit questions which I will do my best to answer during the service. What are you wondering? About me, about Unitarian Universalism, about ____? Our “question box” is actually a Google Form, which you can find here. (It’s open now, if you want to submit your question early, or you can do it during the service.) Serious questions are welcome, but send some fun ones, too, please!

It’s been a whole week since I became your minister, and I am having such a good time! Thank you for the warm welcome and your generous gifts of time and attention to the process of getting me oriented.